Do you want to write a memoir, a short story, a novel, a poem? Do you have some other form in mind? Writing seems easy until we actually sit down and face that blank page. There is a plethora of resources to get you started, and some of them can be found through the Books link on the left of this page. Look there for inspiration, but it also helps to set reachable goals. Filling the hundreds of pages needed for a novel seems impossible when a single blank page is such a challenge. But what if you don’t need a novel to express yourself? What about a short story, or a poem, or something even shorter.
One of the more interesting writing challenges I’ve seen is the 6 word memoir. Mine would be something like “Worked hard. Played harder. Still going.” Two of my favorites from friends and colleagues are “Did things halfway,” and “Never learned to play by the rules,” both being perfectly crafted violations of the rules. So write! Write something short, then move on to something longer.
As with all creativity, what you need to express is much more important than what others will think.